Example sentences of "and [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the needles on the needlebed ( plus their latches ) must be in good condition with the sinker posts in an upright position and not bent at a drunken angle ! |
| 2 | He should believe in her character , and not object to a past action she could not avoid . |
| 3 | Hamer USA told me when I spoke to them that this is a custom option and not featured on the standard Sunburst models . |
| 4 | Cultivations are carried out for three reasons : to improve the soil crumb structure and so create an ideal seed-bed for the crop ; to uproot and kill weeds ; and to bury turf or crop residues where they will rot down and not compete with the ensuing crop . |
| 5 | In some of these shops I observed one or more females , stript of their upper garment , and not overcharged with the latter , wielding the hammer with all the grace of the sex … struck with this novelty , I enquired , " whether the ladies of this locality shod horses ? " but was answered , with a smile , " they are nailers " . |
| 6 | ( b ) A blank copy of the builder 's standard descriptions of work ( i.e. omnibus and not based on the Standard Method of Measurement ) is forwarded to the sub-contractors for pricing . |
| 7 | The returns for Lothingland and Mutford hundreds , Suffolk , permit a rare glimpse of the mechanics by which many assessments were revalued , under the heading ‘ The namys of those personys forgotyn and not charged at the last subsidie which are to be charged now ’ . |
| 8 | The design and development of many of these products was undertaken by large groups of workers and not limited to a small technocratic elite . |
| 9 | Examples in Northern Tyneside include ship-building and -repair as part of the maritime industrial structure , and those local plants which are independent and not tied to a particular customer . |
| 10 | My old man had this thing about all of us [ a family of ten ] growing up in this society and not getting into a black thing . |
| 11 | The local labour movement was split between those who wanted to intervene politically to support members of the skilled manual working class and those who wanted to act on financial grounds and not intervene in a declining enterprise . |
| 12 | Male and female roles were separate and complementary , and based on the primitive , that the male was the stronger and not exposed to the constant and deathly risks of the childbed . |
| 13 | The corporation hopes miners will take the redundancy and not go through the lengthy procedure . |
| 14 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 15 | Thus , the increased incidence of pancreatitis discharges may be a result of an increased number of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis , and not caused by an increased number of individual patients . |
| 16 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 17 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 18 | But I was through and not stuck in the dreadful clutch of metal links , not grasped by debris , not drowning without any chance of rescue . |
| 19 | She sort of froze for a moment , tried to smile and not smile at the same time , looked uncomprehendingly at me , turned ever so slightly towards the farther side of the road from me and walked away with quick nervous steps . |
| 20 | However , talk within the argument and not addressed to a specified individual may be in Creole or in British English , with a single turn often containing elements of both . |
| 21 | As it was American atomic attitudes in this period hardened British resolution not to be bullied out of the business and not to acquiesce in an American monopoly ; it encouraged her determination to be a nuclear power for the sake of the influence this was expected to give her in Washington ! |
| 22 | They are assumed to have been quarried there , in situ , and not removed from the glacial Drift . |
| 23 | The golden rule is to begin gently and not to plunge into a sudden regime of vigorous exercise . |
| 24 | Fresh , spontaneous , natural and not sung in an American accent , it is a proposition implicit in Real Sounds of Africa 's very name . |
| 25 | Even the local garage conformed to the general pattern and this was obviously one of those fortunate towns where the planners had insisted that the character of the place be preserved , and not submerged by the usual welter of national stores . |
| 26 | Hodge : At 31 and not playing in the first team . |
| 27 | 5.19 Statutory notices etc To give full particulars to the Landlord of any notice direction order or proposal for the Premises made given or issued to the Tenant by any local or public authority within [ 7 ] days of receipt and if so required by the Landlord to produce it to the Landlord and without delay to take all necessary steps to comply with the notice direction or order and at the request of the Landlord but at the cost of the Tenant to make or join with the Landlord in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any notice direction order or proposal as the Landlord shall deem expedient Seven days may be too short a period , particularly if the notice is served at the premises and not forwarded to the appropriate officer of a tenant company with any great alacrity . |
| 28 | I 'd be a complete idiot if I thought that I could go through life and not bounce into the occasional person who did n't have my welfare at heart , and I 'm no idiot . |
| 29 | If you are married and not entitled to a basic pension on your own contributions , you can still claim the graduated pension , even if your husband has not yet retired . |
| 30 | If you 're simply replacing the old cistern — and not putting in a new system alongside the old you will be without water for some considerable time while the job is done . |